Dipankar Roy v. State Of West Bengal

04.12.2025 In the High Court at Calcutta Sl. No. ML460 Court No. 35 Criminal Miscellaneous Jurisdiction Appellate Side ALLOWED Asraf, A.R.(Ct.) Case No.

CRM (NDPS) 940 of 2025 In Re : An application for bail under Section 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 corresponding to Section 439 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 filed in connection with Beldanga Police Station case no. 115 of 2025 dated 01.03.2025 under Sections 21(b)(ii)(c) and 29 of the Narcotics Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985.

-ANDIn the matter of :

DIPANKAR ROY ......Petitioner For the Petitioner :

Mr. Tapodip Gupta Mr. Suman Bhanja ...Advocates For the State :

Mr. Bibaswan Bhattacharya Mrs. Debjani Sahu ...Advocates 1.

Learned advocate appearing for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is in custody for nine months and has been implicated for recovery of 23.5 KGs of Ganja. There is no possibility of the trial concluding in near future as the prosecution proposes to examine 15 witnesses. 2.

Learned advocate appearing for the State opposes the prayer for bail and submits that the petitioner is deeply connected with the offence and the release of the petitioner would jeopardize the trial.

3.

Having considered the period of detention of the petitioner, I am of the opinion that further custodial detention is unwarranted at this stage.

4.

Accordingly, the prayer for bail of the petitioner is allowed. 5.

As such, the petitioner, namely, Dipankar Roy shall furnish bond of Rs.20,000/- (Rupees Twenty Thousand only), with two sureties of Rs.10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand only) each, one of whom must be local to the satisfaction of the learned Judge, Special Court under NDPS Act, Berhampore, Murshidabad.

6.

If on bail, the petitioner shall be physically present on each and every date before the learned Trial Court in seisin of the case. The petitioner shall not leave the jurisdiction of district of Murshidabad without prior permission of the learned Special Court.

7.

Accordingly, CRM(NDPS) 940 of 2025 is disposed of. 8.

Case diary be returned to the learned advocate appearing for the State.

9.

All parties shall act on the basis of server copy of this order duly downloaded from the official website of this Court.

10. Urgent photostat certified copies of this order, if applied for, be given to the parties upon compliance of all necessary formalities.

( Tirthankar Ghosh, J. )